1996 Buick Century Owner's Manual

Door LocksUnlocked doors can be dangerous.Passengers -- especially children -- can easilyopen the doors and fall out. When a door islocked, the inside handle won’t open it.Outsiders can easily enter through an unlockeddoor when you slow down or stop your vehicle.This may not be so obvious: You increase thechance of being thrown out of the vehicle in acrash if the doors aren’t locked. Wear safety beltsproperly, lock your doors, and you will be farbetter off whenever you drive your vehicle.There are several ways to lock and unlock your vehicle.From the outside, use your door key or Remote KeylessEntry transmitter, if your vehicle has this option.From the inside, to lock thedoor, slide the lock controlon the door rearward.To unlock the door, slide thelock control forward.\2-3